Currycomb.



J. F'. MARsoLAIs.

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Patented May 1l, 1909.

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sTATES JOSEPH l". MARSOLA1S,VOF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

- CURRYCOMB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed February 17, 1908. Serial No. 416,162.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. MARsoLAis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Currycombs, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings, forming a part of the same, in whichv Figure 1 is a top view of my improvedcurrycomb. Fig. 2 1s a side view with a part of the frame broken away. Fig. 3 is a bottom giew, and Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4,

Similar reference figures refer to similar parts in the different views.

My invention relates to an improved currycomb by which I obtain increased efliciency and durability of the currycomb, and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described and pointed out in the annexed claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings 1 is the frame preferably constructed of round wire -bent into rectangular sha e and of the size of the completed currycom Attached to the frame 1 is an interwoven mesh 2 of coiled wire of suitable size and rigidity, in the present instance, constructed preferably of approximately triangular wire coils interwoven at two apices 3 and 4, and with the third', 5, depending from the Yframe to form the contacting surface of the currycomb (shown in Fig. 2). Y looped around and fastened to the frame 1 by means of which the interwoven fabric is held rigid. The fabric and supporting frame is then dipped into liquid zinc, solder or similar substance, and all the `contacting surfaces in the fabric and between the fabric and the.

frame are securely fastened.

By my construction of the wire coils with the angles 8. and 4 substantially in the same plane, that of the back of the currycomb, I

am enabled to use a comparatively stiffer wire for the interwoven fabric and at the same time obtain the required elasticity at the contacting surface 5, since the coils are held only from the back of the currycomb. The woven fabric of my currycomb is, therefore, sufiiciently rigid to be attached at its edges only, and I am` enabled to employ the wire fabric without other support for the fabric. This construction, in which the contacting surfaces of the interwoven Wire at 3 and 4 are substantially in the same plane, also allows I have shown the coilsV the fastening of these surfaces by solder, as above pointed out, without impairing the elasticity of the currycomb in operation, and

thereby greatly increasing its strength and durability.

The plate 6 may be employed attached to the wire frame 1, or to the back of the woven fabric, to furnish a bearing surface lfor the hand of the operator.

Any convenient form of handle 7 may be employed to aid in the use of the currycomb.

The open meshed fabric affords free escape for the hair and other material loosened by the operation of the currycomb; the plate 6 a convenient bearing surface; the arrangement of depending loops, avoiding all sharp points, prevents injury to the skin by the use of the currycomb, and the rigidity and increased lightness of the currycomb itself contribute toward its durability and ease of handling.

I claim,

1. A currycomb, formed of parallel wire coils, interwoven and contacting in approximately the plane of the back of the currycomb, and means for holding said wire coils in position.

2. A currycomb, formed of parallel wire coils, having angles at each side in approximately the plane of the back of the currycomb, with the angles of contiguous coils interlocked, and means for holding said wire coils in position.

3. A` currycomb, formed of parallel wire coils, interwoven and contacting in approximately the plane of the back of the currycomb, with the contacting surfaces of said coils fastened together, and means for holding said wire coils in position.

4. A currycomb, comprising a wire fabric formed of parallel wire coils, interwoven and contacting in approximately the plane of the back of the currycomb, and a wire frame attached to the edges of said wire fabric in the plane of said contacting portions.

5. A currycomb, comprising a wire fabric formed of triangular wire coils interwoven at two apices and with 'the third arranged to form the contacting surface of the currycomb, and a wire frame attached to the edges of said wire fabric in the plane of said interwoven portions.

JOSEPH F. MARSOLAIS.

Witnesses:

PENELOPE COMBERBACH, HENRY Woon FowLER. 

